Afkhami (born in 1956) is an Iranian director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Academy for cinema and television in 1978. He worked as director of photography on the film Under the Rain (1986) by the director Seifollah Daad, and afterwards directed the historical TV series Mirza Kuchak of the Forest. He made his feature film debut with the film The Bride (1990) that achieved great success in theatres. He also made The Day of Angel (1993), The Day of the Devil (1994), Takhti, the World Champion (1997) and Hemlock (Shokaran, 2000). Recently he became active in politics and was elected to the Iranian parliament. After his four-year political mandate he returned to films and made The River\'s End (Gav khuni, 2003)